12 Years That Shook the World explores stories of real people, the choices they made, and specific moments in Holocaust history from 1933–1945. Listen below or on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, and ...

The stories that haunt me are, when we went finally to Srebrenica, and saw these people. I mean, these civilians, who were part of Europe, where there was once the Olympic Games, living like animals, ...

In 1938, on the eve of World War II, the American journalist Dorothy Thompson wrote that "a piece of paper with a stamp on it" was "the difference between life and death." The Unwanted is the intimate ...

Podcast Listen to Louise discuss memories of her early years in hiding Podcast Listen to Louise discuss her first days of freedom after spending over 2 years in hiding At six months old, Louise ...

Born in Berlin in 1929, Peter Feigl moved with his parents to Prague and Brussels before they ended up in southern France in 1940. In 1942, Peter was at a Quaker summer camp when his parents were ...

In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, the Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide and the National Security Archive launched the first phase of a ...

James Ingo Freed, the architect who designed the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, was born in Essen, Germany, in 1930. At the age of eight, he was evacuated from Europe with his younger sister ...

It is recommended to talk with students about the Holocaust and the Permanent Exhibition prior to their Museum visit. The more prepared students are for what they will see, read, and hear, the more ...

Remarks of Harvey Meyerhoff, Chairman of the Council, at the Dedication Ceremonies for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, April 22, 1993 Mr. President, His Excellency, the President of the ...

Professor Peter Longerich received a Ph.D. in history and an M.A. in history and sociology from the University of Munich. During his fellowship at the Museum, he was Professor of Modern GermanDr ...

Ms. Susan Papp is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Toronto, Canada, where she has lectured in the Hungarian Studies Program at the Munk School for Global Affairs. She also served as ...

This educational module aims to help students think more deeply about what it means to be an outsider. Using material from the Museum’s Voices on Antisemitism, the module: Illustrates the existence ...